Art with Mrs. Beane

The children are enjoying their art class with Mrs. Beane.

 Here is a selection of some of the children's work so far this year.

Bocce

Ian has been teaching many his classmates how to play Bocci at morning recess. Everyone is enjoying the new game.

Inner Explorer

Each day, we record our thoughts in a journal. Here are some of the children's ideas and thoughts about our daily mindfulness program.

I am happy when I hear the rainstick and the wind chimes.
I felt like I was growing in my brain.
I thought the ideas of thoughts passing in and out was a great idea.
I learned I can close my eyes and think better.
I felt like someone was knocking on my head and everything was coming alive.
I was thinking about setting my thoughts into clouds/
I felt relaxed and comfortable.
I felt calm and was really focused and I entered my inside.

Math-Partition A Rectangle

 We finished our study of cubes and focused on the number of equal faces. We built cubes out of gum drops and toothpicks and created a paper cube. Now, we have moved our studies to the following standard:

2G.2 Partition a  rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares to find the total number of them

Today, we used 12 square tiles and built as many different rectangles as we could using the total of 12. We discussed the different arrays and how many tiles were in each row and column. Then, we discussed using repeated addition to explain the number of tiles in each array.

total-15 tiles in the array

3 rows

5 columns

total-21 tiles in the array

7 rows

3 columns

When recording our work in our journals, we have focused on attending to precision, look for and make use of structure and look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning- which are Standards 6, 7, and 8 of the Standards of Mathematical Practice

Here is a link for more information on the Standards of Mathematical Practice

http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Practice/

Fundations

In Unit 4, we are reviewing the suffixes s, es, ed, and ing. Also, we are learning about the comparison suffixes of er and est.  The students are focusing on underlining the base or root word and circling the suffix.  Also, we continue to practice the vowel team sounds.

The trick words for this unit are:

again
please
animal
use
used
sure

Inner Explorer

We have participated in 4 sessions of the new program, The Inner Explorer.  Each session is 6 to 8 minutes in length. So far, the children have practiced breathing, learning a hand motion to calm their bodies and mind (the shark) and have thought about how we all have the powers to make wise choices. The children have been very engaged in the sessions.